Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for A Head of Digital Services to join the Digital Technology Services at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC). The post holder will be responsible for leadership and management, playing a pivotal role in delivering first-class innovative digital services supporting the Trust, ensuring the delivery of the long-term Digital Strategy across BCHC.
The post-holder will have management and leadership responsibility for the technical services, service delivery and development teams, alongside application support, telecommunications, and infrastructure services.
Main duties of the job
- Lead in the development and implementation of the digital strategy to support the delivery of digital services across the trust. This will involve working within the remit of multiple strategies at a National, Regional and Trust level and using highly complex analysis to inform how to deliver services to meet their requirements.
- Provide an effective and responsive Digital and Technology Services, including the delivery of of digitally supported models of care to ensure the needs of patients.
- Ensure that the commitment to tackling inequalities and adopting an inclusive approach is at the heart of the digital delivery model, including ensuring the Trust are supporting their workforce with capabilities to use digital services.
- Provide expertise on best practice for technological developments, by identifying opportunities for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency through changes to digital services and technology.
- Manage the staff/resources/budget of the digital department of BCHC to ensure that there is sufficient capacity and resource to deliver the digital plans within agreed budget and timescales.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role, please see the attached job description
Visit our website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about Birmingham Community Healthcare including our Trust values which are :-
- Caring
- Open
- Respectful
- Responsible
- Inclusive.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role, please see the attached job description
Visit our website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about Birmingham Community Healthcare including our Trust values which are :-
- Caring
- Open
- Respectful
- Responsible
- Inclusive.
.
Person Specification
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to interpret national policy in relation to Digital and technology and advise organisations on policy in this area.
- Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills.
- Excellent organisational skills. Able to prioritise and deliver on time against a background of demand.
- Ability to interpret data / statistics and present conclusions in written and oral format.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to equal opportunities.
- Excellent presentation skills & ability to address a wide & diverse audience.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience and ability in the development and implementation of strategies, policies and action plans.
- Experience of using advance analytical skills.
- Extensive operational experience in a complex or challenging environment Experience and knowledge of financial, resource and risk management.
Person Specification
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to interpret national policy in relation to Digital and technology and advise organisations on policy in this area.
- Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills.
- Excellent organisational skills. Able to prioritise and deliver on time against a background of demand.
- Ability to interpret data / statistics and present conclusions in written and oral format.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to equal opportunities.
- Excellent presentation skills & ability to address a wide & diverse audience.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience and ability in the development and implementation of strategies, policies and action plans.
- Experience of using advance analytical skills.
- Extensive operational experience in a complex or challenging environment Experience and knowledge of financial, resource and risk management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
